The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-09
ODDS AND ENDS.

oOpS HbU ENUS. IN
No less than s5.7, 600 persons Vista 3.
cemeteries OF Paris on All saints Day. =
Farmer Biygerstaff, of Richmond 4.
Gently plowed up q dozen army ~. Ms q
which were as fresh as when the con nfissIetl
forces abandoned them twenty. five yas
| An English writer, at the time whs,,s ss.I
Lytton IVES yiceroy of India, deser;l.a,s;l "a
as the man with the appearance Of an Il. ~ ~
organ-grlnder and the morals OF the pr ;,sis9
monkey. - slsaeit
The Duke OF BraganZa recently aaid IL. Il
the prophecies of his station in lifa ~ A
forbid it he would follow Mfne. Pst IN NJ e
linl wherever she goes 10 az to hesyal1.sss
every time she sings. - -
As remedies for catarrhssthousands,, ...s
sons daily use snuff and other stnff st ~
action is to irriiate the lining membr,n".s ~
thus capse-more cat&rrh. There "a Doib;:s
better than common washing SO Ia dilntssJiS
water, and twice day shifted thornnssSls
well through the nostrils. Many psrsons my ~
| only salt and water. F,'as !
A recent issue of the Pekin Gazette cont.,..
! an imperial decree peremptorily fori;.3 ~
in the future any abbreviation Of liz Sssss.
OF provinces, persons, places ETC., ID -
officials of the Chinese Empire. Snc6 AK dl 1
NlutloI6 blG DI6aCNeG OF ftinit.}3s
| and cannot be tolerated. 4;
One Of the best remedies for insoms, j.
said to be: Wet half a towel; APPLY II + n
back Of the neck, pressing it up toSsnS Ks
base OF the brain, and faBten the dry hsif n
the towel over 80 as to prevent too ransS - 1
halGtlon. The effect is prompt and pIasssX
cooling the brain and bringing on 4 sssa !.
slumber. Warm water is better than XII
10 those suffering from mental overwOrfs ~
cltement or anxiety this remedy must lWls 4
a blessing. 80 ~
From China papers OF recent date ii e
nears that the authorities of P6kin hsya FL Il
Gently taken census OF the empire. IA q
Il was for taxing purposes the pron6nes1 r
dlsbelleye in the large estimates must r i
modified accordingly. The figures REMIND
by the village bGilitfs make the popuiat;s
$40, $50, 500, which. together with she1S
innate OF hye provinces omitted, makes II 4
aggregate about ,392, 600, 900. 1heM n
Corea, Thibet and Kashgar. As tue pouu!s
ton OF India exceeds $50, 900, coo.
Hindoos and Chinese constitute mora NJ
half the entire human race. a
Nathaniel M. Jackman recently aisco,rx
that q colony OF bees had settled in Tia r
OF his house in Salem, Mass. They seen7
to have been there for several years. md ~ i
cupled space foot in width and savtil
feet deep. Carpenters trying to repair ~
roof were driven off several hmes, "a
finally an offer was made Of all the honey 4
any one who would drive away the ID
Charles Ropes took the contract and n
ceeded ID getting wash tub nearly Inn
filled with fine honey from the insidB Of 81
wall. The bees, however. refused 10 20, "a
all attempts to drive them away by snlph1
smoke and other smudges failed
A perfect craze has sprung up IN Germany
Tor the collection of postage stamps, anditb
moi by any means confined, as In England
to schoolbnys and hobby riders, buteA,eB3
to grown people engaged in various ysln
young business men, etc. The passion
regarded by some hs a sort of madness b,
the German Postmaster General recognizes i
both method and reason in the madness, and
be has given the BrietJnarkensansnlie Sd 1
high patronage. Dr. Won Stephan thin
that. it young men become interested ID
foreign postage stamps they will at then nm
the stamps come. Stamp collecting i, theft
fore, to be the future royal road to the Tam I
ing OF geography and means of comms,cA
education.
!, The death Is announced from Venice 4
Baron de Hellenbach, a fervent believer d d
Snlritnallsm and the author of several hQ0 q
on that subject. He turned his back pya
vienna four years ago, indignant n IL q
t ,iea.I. s which certain AMERICAN -
dukes Rudolph and John. 1t will be feet
lected that by a clever contriyanee III {
closed the door by pulling two strings "A
thereby caught q very substantial ghqet q
SOCKS and with gray cassoek covering ~ 81
evening dress. Baron de Hellenbach. ~ III
vout believer in the manifestations NJ i
When the Archduke John published s.
pamphlet throwing light upon these ints4
'stlDg feats, the baron wrote an indigpsas
,eply and then went to st. Petersburg. 1hsN
re found sympathetic friends IN Akeak0 q
md other ardent disciples Of SpirituaiiaA
Awriter in the Boston Herald says: ~
'ar girls have their uses. ! never knew, un4 81
'ecently, what accomplished beings tll4
,urned out, though report has sung ten
,ralses. and time has proved many ncp4
!rstfuse subjects in every department g 20
ne, II she wishes to, Vassar always goes p
he head. As far IF am concerned. lhe ~
lever gone there to stay. The higher sgnta
lonal belt ia hers. And what has var n
lone to win this edifying position IN echq.
astlo ranks7 She has toasted mafsIm9
oWs! Only this, and nothing more HaH
hen, new sensation awaits your aae e0.
palate. And to think w.
tudent should be the first to introduce ~
ensuous confeetion to q sinful w0Tldl ~
IS forgive her for knowing everything - n
Ter Is, 600. 900 buchwheat cakes: her shaS
,enclls, and her pickles, and remember olg
ng Jumps Of fragrance"
The gathered statistics Of the world sbcM
enaclty of life than man. and that the H.
rev women are the longest lived o. AZ. q
ace. Then, too, among insects, the mhS
{eflshes,, ut relatively earlier. perloa
lants,. the seminate blossoms die eaftiesA
nd ale produced in the weaker limbs; sns
smale quadrupeds have more enduIlA1thE H.
nan 4, males. In the human race, despite w
ne Wenaa and physical an q III III
ain t, which the strong man sueeume
ymotlc diseases are more fatal TO males ~ ~
lore male children die than females.
erf;d asserts that the proportion DYING ~
envy Is about 100 women to TOO nell ~ ~
.apoplexy, govt, hydroceptrssrrls
nectlons OF the heart or liver ecIMaM
aralysia, are more fatal to males tasn 4s.
llales, while pulmonary consumption, On " tsl
ther hand. is more deadly to the latter' IL.
lales IN cities being more prone 70 i nI, -
use than are those in the country lng .u,ss
lefe are from 2 to 9 per cent more lee. n
orn than females, yet there Is on eacsys 49, =
lore than 6 per cent of females IN the Aspts
equations. "a
Welded. 3
onnting the world for love well lost, spAs
rom every soul they stand.
Heart known to hsarh
$ yet they feel no need to speak one Ro NJ
My the great Seas solemn voice - h re
= war eternal with those massive wa ms
down her Lifted face the sunlight faAs L.,
ess binding than the light from as ars.
eyes. q
ne 80 doth love: that with delight, sufp''.s
nd Joy too keen, her lover. ieonlne, -,